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Published: March 4, 2026
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This one is only *slightly* clickbait, since I actually did have to hack the code for this device to get it working! APAL sent me their Hestia A2 IoT gateway to check out, and encouraged me to do a teardown and mess with the hardware. I had to modify their example Python script slightly, but was able to send serial / RS485 / Modbus data from a Raspberry Pi through space! I even used it on my DIY spaceship off-grid at Sandland.
Big thanks to APAL for sending me the Hestia A2 unit. They appreciated my code debugging and have offered a special discount for my viewers at the links below:
Save 10% on the APAL Hestia A2 Gateway & A1 Dongle (limited-time offer):
š Amazon Link A1: https://www.amazon.com/APAL-Hestia-IoT-Dongle-Connectivity/dp/B0CR15M3VR](https://www.amazon.com/APAL-Hestia-IoT-Dongle-Connectivity/dp/B0CR15M3VR
š Amazon Link A2: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F74DDPJ9](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F74DDPJ9
šļø Use Code: APALSAVE10
Documentation can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1WCCC0rXfXrb7RSwjdVfTXRm6jgm7ulAg
And the example code can be found here: https://github.com/CREATIVE5-io/Hestia-sample-Python
(They may have fixed it already, but in the version I used, I replaced line 187 with "avbl = 0" to make it work.)
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